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Lessons: Publishing Guidelines |
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Here are our thoughts about what material is appropriate to publish to the lesson
directory and what is not. The material in your non-published lessons is strictly your own business.
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• Your Creations - Any songs or musical ideas
that you've created are a great way to help other players progress.
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• Works in the Public Domain - Any songs that are
in the public domain (i.e. published before 1923 - think classical and ragtime) can be arranged and presented in a lesson.
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• Your Favorite Licks, Lines, Scales, Arpeggios - You can
present any musical ideas that you have incorporated into your style, and how, when,
and why you use them.
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• Exercises - Show other players the
exercises that you use to help improve your technique, knowledge of the fretboard, improvisational skills, etc.
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• Theory and Philosophy - Tell other players why
you like to use certain scales over certain progressions, or great ways to create a
bass line.
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What's NOT OK to Publish?
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• Copyrighted Songs Used Without Permission - See below.
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• Just a link to another site - ActiveBass's lesson directory isn't a directory of lessons on other sites. Use the Resources directory to promote your website.
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We are not the On-Line Guitar Archives (OLGA)
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It's important to understand that ActiveBass CANNOT be a repository for tabs of your
favorite band's tunes. The music and lyrics to those tunes (and most popular music)
are protected by copyright and only its authors or those who have been granted permission by the author can create
alternative versions of these songs (and bass tablature, unfortunately, qualifies as an
alternative version). Publishing tablature of a copyrighted tune also does not qualify
as "fair use", nor can it be considered educational material. We don't make the rules, but
unfortunately, we do have to live by them. ActiveBass hopes that you will respect this policy
and not publish any versions of copyrighted material to which you do not have permission.
Of course, you can publish any of your own musical creations, copyrighted or not, and anyone
else's material to which you have permission.
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What is the definition of "Public Domain"?
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• Excerpted from the Franklin Pierce Law Center
WHEN WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN by Laura N. Gasaway
Includes material from new Term Extension Act, PL 105-298 |
| DATE OF WORK
| PROTECTED FROM
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| Created 1-1-78 or after |
When work is fixed
in tangible medium of expression |
Life + 70 years1(or
if work of corporate authorship, the shorter of 95 years from publication,
or 120 years from creation2 |
| Published before 1923 |
In public domain |
None |
| Published between
1923 and the end of 1963 |
When published with
notice3 |
28 years + could be
renewed for 47 years, now extended by 20 years for a total renewal of 67
years. If not so renewed, now in public domain |
| Published 1964-77 |
When published with
notice |
28 years for first
term; now automatic extension of 67 years for second term |
| Created before 1-1-78
but not published |
1-1-78, the effective
date of the 1976 Act which eliminated common law copyright |
Life + 70 years or
12-31-2002, whichever is greater |
Created before
1-1-78 but published between then
and 12-31-2002 |
1-1-78, the effective
date of the 1976 Act which eliminated common law copyright |
Life + 70 years or
12-31-2047 whichever is greater |
Notes: (courtesy of Professor Tom Field, Franklin Pierce Law Center)
1 Term of joint works is measured by life of the longest-lived author.
2 Works for hire, anonymous and pseudonymous works also have this term. 17 U.S.C. § 302(c).
3 Under the 1909 Act, works published without notice went into the public domain upon publication.
Works published without notice between 1-1-78 and 3-1-89, effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act, retained copyright only if,
e.g., registration was made within five years. 17 U.S.C. § 405. |
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